Updated Nutrient Database to the Latest USDA Release 24

Saturday, December 31, 2011

It's that time of the year again to update our database. We are pleased to inform you that pizza is still in Fast Foods group and not in Vegetables. Some of the noticeable additions include:
Complete list of changes is available at SR23 to SR24. Please contact us if you have questions or need more information.

Nutrition Care Process and Chronic Kidney Disease

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Fisetin: A Natural Fist against Cancer

Thursday, June 2, 2011

What can be better than fighting cancer by eating fruits you enjoy? Now, a new research shows that Fisetin, a dietary compound found in strawberries and kiwis, can have a beneficial effect in fighting cancer. This compound is not widely publicized as Resveratrol, however, there are already dietary supplements on the market that includes Fisetin. There is no need for prescription for dietary supplements and it's easier to get dietary supplements to the market compared to drugs. Also, there is no need for prescription for dietary supplements. It remains to be seen whether Fisetin can prevent or cure cancer in the long term.
  • Arbiser JL, & Fisher DE (2011). Fisetin: A Natural Fist against Melanoma? The Journal of investigative dermatology, 131 (6), 1187-9 PMID: 21566577
  • Khan N, Afaq F, Khusro FH, Adhami VM, Suh Y, & Mukhtar H (2011). Dual inhibition of PI3K/AKT and mTOR signaling in human non-small cell lung cancer cells by a dietary flavonoid fisetin. International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer PMID: 21618507

Risks and Benefits of Vegetarianism vs Omnivore

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

A recent article in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry reviews Chemistry behind Vegetarianism. There was a recent buzz around this article and most of the initial headlines were confusing and seemed to indicate that Vegans at Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Disease. It was hard to discern this from the abstract but, luckily, Google was able to find pdf of this article where you can find a table with relative benefits and risks of vegetarianism compared with omnivore. According to this table, omnivores have a significantly higher cluster of cardiovascular risk factors compared with vegetarians, including increased body mass index, waist to hip ratio, blood pressure, plasma total cholesterol, triacylglycerol and low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol levels. Compared with omnivores, vegetarians, especially vegans, on the other hand, have higher risk of blood platelet aggregation, iron deficiency anemia, vitamin B₁₂ deficiency and high levels of homocysteine. The article concludes suggesting that vegetarians, especially vegans, could benefit from increased dietary intake of vitamin B₁₂ and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid. The list of foods high in vitamin B₁₂ includes ready-to-eat cereals, such as wheat flakes, bran flakes and oatmeals. The list of foods high in polyunsaturated fatty acids includes safflower, grapeseed, flaxseed, sunflowere oil and walnuts.

ResearchBlogging.org Li D (2011). Chemistry behind Vegetarianism. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 59 (3), 777-84 PMID: 21204526

Evaluating the Efficacy of Herbs and Supplements

Friday, February 4, 2011

I highly recommend this video. Food Prints conveniently provides table of foods that are high in Vitamin E, Selenium (Se) or Folic Acid.

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